Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-12

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The prodigal was not taken hsnle. A
telegram from the brother of Mollis
Klippsn came 30 Size house Of Annle
Walker isst evening. saying they cozld
net come and 10 'AbaFy her theirs"
Upon its receipts Annie walker gave Or
ders to purchase Q casket and eonduct
the funeral without regard 70 expense-
that she would pay il. So the body lay
In the 'front.' room % the vel known
house yesterday afternoon in 9 Eaanih-
sent easkst tagtefally covered with
flowers. Rsv. Mr.. Larson stood at the
head Of it and his wife sat ct an organ
near by, While Mrs Rev. MasLzferty
aud Mrs. S. John sat back Of her and
led the singing. The address Of Mr..
Larsen vas brief sud IN good taste, d
rected feelinely to his fFail. painted and
nov fearful hearers. vhe dlled this and
all The a3joizine rooms.
II have no word Of rebuks for ysu,r
/ be said, bat I am sure IL this woman
Who lies here. called away % Suddenly
1 Al4 IL ~ bEAAAOfG y AA4814IA4 N8Ae4 11NG
spoken in other than the language of
ths agony Of that last moment, she
would have cried, Oh, that l might lead
my life over again. that might lead il
differentIyi' You who are yet in the
midst Of life; you Who knew her and
were her friends, nov, beseech Of yoa
BY her eofin TO turn from the error Of
your way. A few moments ago, while
speaking TO that afflicted woman IN
there, referring 10 ARnie Walker, whose
signs and means came continually from
the siakbed 10 the adjoining room, she
cried: Oh, God that could recall my
life"
During the hymn that followed many
of the women Joined without the
assistance of books and nearly aIl re-
peased With the minister the Lords
prayer. At the conclusion OF the ser
vices and while the ball bearers
jenny Ryan, Mick Welsh. Billy Quinn,
Bsb Stevens asd Billy PalmeF-vere
carving the caskea 70 the hearae. the
Mrs. Larson, MaeLaaerty and 81.
John vent 10 10 and talked for q few
moments with Annie walker, Who raised
up in bed, bat did not lift her eyes TO
thsm. As the funeral procession was
about to start, IL was found that but one
closed carriage had been ordered, and
this was taken by AnniS Walkers bus
band and three girls, and the pail
bearers vent IN an opeB baEouche.
ONE CASE OF PooR PEOPLE.
Some time ago one Sanford Aldred
made il known that be was in great
distress, with q wife and Ave children
absolutely suffering With hunger. He
represented that be had come from q
distance, had expended ell his sab
stance in reaching the place and that he
wanted work. IL was not long before q
wagon drove ue TO the house fillsd with
provisions for the family, work was sup
piled the man and all was supposed TO
/ be well with them. Ii was not more
than . week after that that the police
we're 10 search Of Sanford Aldred, armed
With a warrant that charged him With
an outrageous ease Of wife-beating.
They did not find him. Yesterday,
young, robust, rosy checked woman sat
l before the fire in the Auditors office, q
large wooden muller wrapped about her
head; her feet resting on the fender,
/ her lap full of nuts, which she bit and
ohewed while she answered questions
/ put TO her by the County Commission
/ ers, to whom she had applied for relief.
She was the wife of the missing Aldred.
| She said she had the five children to
/ care for and WAS without the means TO
/ do it. The Commissioners made pro
visions to send her back to Olympia,
whence she had come. She said she
/ did not know whether her husband was
coming back. but said she knew what
/ she was going TO do II he did Gene
said il in a way that foreshsdowed
gloomy outlook for Sanford.
ON TRIAL.
The Court Was occupied all day yes
terday in the trial Of the parties charged
With the assault upon. with intent to
kill James Cunningham. Cunningham
| il not IN god standing with the long
shoreman. He had contract FOR load
1 ing q ship at the Tacoma Mill, and on
/ his way to work was attacked and
severely used no by q crowd of men.
/ The persons charged we're Taylor, Wat
ssn, GlenheId. Wesley, Seymord and
| Fitzgerald. The circumstances have
/ been recited and nothing new was de-
veloped in the testimony. GlsDHsld is
the party charged as q leader 10 the tar
and feathering case.
THE WIND ON HIGH.
The wind blew a gale all yesterday
/ morning, shaking things up generally.
be fret thing that gave way before 1t
/ Ia the city limits, was the sign Of she
/ Tacoma National Bank, which flew
| from its fassenings and was thrown to
she pavement, Immediately in frsst Of
q lady and q child who we're walking up
ths avenue. A piece Of the fancy tin
90 nice Of the Davis building nearly
| opposite the bank, Was carried some dis
,ance and fell without harming anyone.
/ shortly after, with a roar like . moan
tain lion, the tin roofing OF the Olds
block (oocupied bv ChilberR 4 Mo
| Oready and z. 5. Harmon, loosened.
rooled ap before 10 and went flying
ever the ReiRhboring roofs. No aoci-
~dent occurred TO anybody through it oil.
WILL REPEAL IT.
/ The city couacil at its last meeting
/ passed au ordinance for the Numbering
( % the houses Of the city. Il vas OF
/ the old fashioned. awkward hind aud
though the citizens had been crying ont
| for the numbers many months, when
they got il IN this shape. they we're dis
satisfied. believing that II the thing be
worth doing it shoaid be done we'll.
| The alamoF has increased until the
councilmen have notified the citiz sns
not TO put up the numbers; that the or
dinsuoe will be repe aled and another,
probably providing the block system of
Philadelphia, provided. MaRy persons
have already purchased and had their
plumbers pat up and they will be out
Just that mach because OF it.
The bridge at Stuck function Is re-
ported unsafe and Engineer Bean want
out yesterday 10 look to the ballding Of
/ a nev one.
The County Commissioners met yes
teEday at the Auditors office for the
purpose OF organizing. but adjourned
until next Friday without doing so.
h H. Miller Who was for several
years the clerk Of Mono county. Cal, Is
IN the city to take the position 81 book
keeper for Nelson Bennett. made vacant
by Mr ZAbriskie taking the position ~
clerk in the raeoma LARd Company
Office. which IN It's tafn vas vacated by
Stuart Rice going into she Tacoma Ma
tionAl Bank
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